Window regulator

[Big T]

Haven’t opened the door up just yet, but the driver’s side door window has lost connection to the regulator. No up, no down. I can pull the window, but it immediately drops down.

Before this condition there was some grinding when I tried to move it up with the button. It had been deteriorating/binding for awhile before this, just no time to address. Now that the vehicle is running great with the new 6.5 Optimizer, addressing this is at the top of my list. Anything I should look for?

 

[jrsavoie]

Wish you were closer, there's a lot of window stuff in the trailer that needs to go. The whole trailer needs to go.

 

[Big T]

Wish you were closer, there's a lot of window stuff in the trailer that needs to go. The whole trailer needs to go.

I may need it. Is the windows regulator stuff common between front and rear doors?

 

[DieselAmateur]

I've had the glue that holds the window to the track fail and then the track falls out of the scissor lift regulator. Have some good 2 core epoxy on hand for re attaching the track to the window. It's a lot of fussing and fighting in a tight space working inside these doors but once you pull off the panels it will be obvious what is wrong.

 

[dbrannon79]

I had the drivers door window start to grind. ended up replacing the motor. inside the motor there is a plastic gear that strips out. it's by design to break in the event someone's hand or head is in the line of the track when the window is closing. when you pick up or push down on the window does it feel like the track and rollers are still connected? if the track came off the glass, the window will also tilt in the channel.

 

[Big T]

I had the drivers door window start to grind. ended up replacing the motor. inside the motor there is a plastic gear that strips out. it's by design to break in the event someone's hand or head is in the line of the track when the window is closing. when you pick up or push down on the window does it feel like the track and rollers are still connected? if the track came off the glass, the window will also tilt in the channel.

When I pull up window, feels unattached.

I ordered new regulator by Aisin on Amazon. Probably should have ordered with motor.

 

[jrsavoie]

I may need it. Is the windows regulator stuff common between front and rear doors?

I believe the regulators are different between front and back. But the same between the 1996 Suburban the parts I have, came from and your truck. That would need to be verified.

 

[jrsavoie]

When I pull up window, feels unattached.

I ordered new regulator by Aisin on Amazon. Probably should have ordered with motor.

Yep. I always ordered the whole shebang

 

[Will L.]

Also- get ones with a lifetime warranty.
I bought some and had them fail in less than a year- then different truck had one fail at about 18 months

 

[jrsavoie]

Also- get ones with a lifetime warranty.
I bought some and had them fail in less than a year- then different truck had one fail at about 18 months

I always used GM. I don't remember ever having to change one twice.

Might be, because we only had one vehicle make it to 400,000 and beyond.
The 1989.

Everything else was over 300,000.
I wi a h I could have kept up on things, We'd still have them all.
Except maybe the 1994 dually, it was starting to rust. Not as bad as the Tahoe. But the Tahoe seemed more worth fixing.